Still Home

bj
Tomorrow we start our 2 week road trip!  This should be interesting :)
I'm told that the bus leaves at 8:00 a.m. sharp.  We'll see .... first some dinner, then I'd better start packing

mike
The "chauffer" is packed and ready to head out .. so we'll see???????

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